Saturday, March 30, 2013

The Hunt

When The Three were little, Easter morning always started with an egg hunt. Oldest was joined by Middle and then Youngest, and they would carry baskets from room to room, trailing strands of plastic grass as they searched not-so-high and more-often-low for colored eggs. In recent years, the hunt has been a little different. One Easter morning, they arrived downstairs to find little notes in the places the baskets usually waited. That was the first year for the Easter basket treasure hunt. The clues led them all over the house and outside--math problems, book titles or events, poems, songs, riddles and jokes. Some clues were easy; some required more time and thought to solve. Clue led to clue until the treat-filled baskets were found.

This year Oldest is not home for Easter, and the rest of us will get up early to drive to visit out-of-town Grandma and Grandpa. It will be fun, but I'll miss the hunt. Even though there will still be special treats for The Three, I think they will miss it too. We could do a hunt with just Middle and Youngest, but it's more fun with all of them, and it would have to be a short hunt...where's the fun in that? Part of the fun is watching them grapple with a particularly hard clue. In fact, that's the best part. Doing the hunt part way would mean losing the stuff that makes it fun, so we'll just wait for next year. Of course, this does give me a lot more time to come up with some good clues...The Three are pretty clever, and I could use the extra time.

5 comments:

  1. What a fun memory for your kids to have! Oh dear, the Three best be aware, you are already working on clues for next year.:-)

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  2. What a creative and fun idea. I can see you thinking up clever clues. This year, my mom decided to not have an egg hunt. It will be our first. :( But, our kids will be helping to hide the eggs at church for the younger ones, so I guess it's a good trade off.

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  3. I too miss the hunts. My youngest is in college and although she doesn't want to hunt she did color some eggs today!

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  4. I wonder what this slice would look like if it were written by Youngest or Middle. Perhaps relief from a year's reprieve from the torture of clue deciphering? I imagine they share your sense of humor and would mess with you by taking that stance if given the opportunity.

    I always enjoy the devious playfulness in your slices.

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  5. I am approaching my 30s and my sister is in her mid 30s. We still have to hunt for our baskets each year. I wish I could say we had clever and smart clues where we had to solve riddles. Alas, we play the "hot and cold" version where mom tells us if we are close by saying "warm" "warmer" "cold", etc. I still like it. I hope you and the fam have a good Easter and cherish the time together, even if the day looks a little different than in years past.

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